- Class 1a
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1a A sasquatch/bigfoot specimen has been collected (alive or dead).
- Class 1b
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1b A report investigation results in a sasquatch observation or the documentation of clear tracks or other forms of physical evidence by an investigator.
- Class 1c
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1c An investigator determines that a visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot by a very reliable observer is a distinct possibility, tangible corroborating evidence is documented, and all other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 1d
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1d A visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot is a distinct possibility involving two or more reliable observers, and all other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 2
- Class 2, Competency: Reports involving sightings by professionally trained or highly skilled observers.2 Investigator determines that a visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot is a distinct possibility, the observer is exceptionally trustworthy, professionally trained, and experienced in the outdoors and/or is accustomed to looking for and recording details (e.g., biologist, anthropologist/archaeologist, ranger, trapper/tracker/seasoned hunter, bird watcher, game warden, naturalist, law enforcement), and other explanations can be reasonably excluded.
- Class 3a
- Class 3, Credibility: Sightings or possible wood ape evidence reported by credible witnesses.3a Investigator determines that a visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot is a distinct possibility, the observer is credible, and all other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 3b
- Class 3, Credibility: Sightings or possible wood ape evidence reported by credible witnesses.3b Unidentifiable vocalizations were reported and there is accompanying tangible evidence to possibly indicate the presence of a sasquatch/bigfoot, the observer is very reliable, and other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 3c
- Class 3, Credibility: Sightings or possible wood ape evidence reported by credible witnesses.3c No visual encounter occurred, but physical evidence was found to indicate the presence of a sasquatch/bigfoot (tracks, hair, scat, etc.), the observer is very reliable, and other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
Case: 01040015
Class 3aWhile hunting in Sabine River bottoms, two boys have daytime encounter.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Winter/1987
Location: Gregg County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Gladewater
Time / Conditions: 5:00pm — It was after school. It was a cool day lower 60s and overcast. River bottoms.
# of Witnesses: 2
Location: Gregg County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Gladewater
Time / Conditions: 5:00pm — It was after school. It was a cool day lower 60s and overcast. River bottoms.
# of Witnesses: 2
Witness Account:
Today I accidentally found your site looking for something that had nothing to do with bigfoot. I had no idea anyone else in my area had ever seen or reported any stories of a bigfoot. I never told anyone about what I and my friend seen hunting after school one day. I don't remember me and him even talking about it very much.
It was in 1987 it was hunting season -- I'm not sure of the month. The two of us were walking along a dirt road in the Lockerplant river bottoms. Not sure which of us seen it first but definitely caught our attention. We were looking down a right of way when this large figure walked out of the trees. It walked along the tree line for several seconds going back into trees. At first we thought it was one hell of a big man or maybe someone hauling a deer across their shoulders. I remember asking [my friend] if that guy was wearing a fur coat. We knew what it was and it was not a man. The thing was at least 7 foot tall and covered in hair. It seemed to walk like a person, it was too far away to notice any details about face, hands or feet. I'm not sure but think it noticed us and that was the reason it never crossed the right of way. We knew what we seen and even with guns in our hands we both ran all the way home.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Gregg County, Texas in the winter of 1987.
The witness indicated to me that the actual sighting was probably no more than about 4 seconds total. The color seemed to be of a dark brown or black tone. The witness went on to express that the subject was huge and that it looked like a "big man with a fur coat on." According to the witness's testimony, the distance at which the sighting took place was 100 yards or so. I was unable to speak to the second witness, as the primary witness has lost touch with him and was unable to provide a means of contact.
The Sabine River basin is one of the more prolific reported sighting areas in the state of Texas
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Gregg County, Texas in the winter of 1987.
The witness indicated to me that the actual sighting was probably no more than about 4 seconds total. The color seemed to be of a dark brown or black tone. The witness went on to express that the subject was huge and that it looked like a "big man with a fur coat on." According to the witness's testimony, the distance at which the sighting took place was 100 yards or so. I was unable to speak to the second witness, as the primary witness has lost touch with him and was unable to provide a means of contact.
The Sabine River basin is one of the more prolific reported sighting areas in the state of Texas
